Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum vs False Dotted Border

Thylamys elegans compared with Belenois thysa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	False Dotted Border
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Didelphidae	Pieridae
Genus	Thylamys	Belenois
Species	Thylamys elegans	Belenois thysa

Evolutionary Relationship

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum and False Dotted Border share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum	False Dotted Border
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.